Foot-rest for bicycles



(No Model.)

H. WALTER.

FOOT BEST FOR BIGYOLES. No. 396,182. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

WITNESSEE. INVENTD %7 @WMW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY \VALTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW -JERSEY.

FOOT-REST FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,182, dated January15, 1889.

' Application filed September 24, 1888. serial No. 286,272. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY WALTER, of Jersey City Heights, Hudson county,State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Foot- Rest for Bicycles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a foot-rest for bicycles, the foot-rest beingemployed in pairs, and upon which the feet are to be supported whentaken oil": the pedals. Heretofore the feet when going downhill weregenerally thrown over the handle-bar, which was a matter of considerableinconvenience to the rider.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement, morefully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l a side view of portion of abicycle provided with my improved foot-rest. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe toot-rest. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 0041-, Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a detail view of rod (Z, and Fig. 5 an inner view of a modificationof the foot-rest.

The letter o represents a U-shaped clamp adapted to embrace one of theuprights of the fork l) of a bicycle. The clamp is held in place uponthe fork by a set-screw, c, and also by a pair of eye-bars, (Z d,embracing the bolt 6 at their lower end and entering mortises g in thelower edge of the clamp. To the upper end of the clamp a there ispivoted by pivot 71 a foot-piece, This foot-piece is normally held inits upright position that is, par allel with the fork b-by a spring,

In Fig. 3 a pair of coiled springs are shown that surround the pivot 71,and which throw the foot-piece z' upward as soon as it is relieved frompressure.

throw it up when released.

The n er ed 'e of footiece 'i is beveled b 3 as shown at i, so that thefoot of the rider may find a proper contact-surface for throwing thefoot-piece outward.

In practice the rider, when he wishes to use the foot-rest, bears uponthe bevel i and thus swings the foot-piece i int-o a horizontal ornearlyhorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2. In this positionthefoot-picce will properly support the foot of the rider. If the rideris no longer desirous of using the foot-rest, he lifts the foot upward.it-h the construction shown in Fig. 3 the foot-piece 2 willautomatically swing upward and out of the way; but in the modificationshown in Fig. 5 the rider must throw the piece 27 upward with his foot.

What I claim is 1. The combination of clamp a, adapted to straddle thefork of a bicycle, with "foot-piece 1', pivoted to such clamp and havinga beveled edge, 1', substantially as specified.

2. The combination of clamp (z, with footpiece 1', pivoted thereto, andwith a spring, j, and set-screw c, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of clamp a, having mortises g, with the bars (I,set-screw c, pivoted foot-piece i, and spring j, substantially asspecified.

HENRY WALTER.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY E. RoEDER, F. v. BRIESEN.

